12.13 - Summary, Paraphrase, Quoting Review & Poetry Out Loud Recitations

We started class today by reviewing the Summary, Paraphrase, and Quoting Exercise with which everyone was working yesterday. We did this by way of also looking at how to create note cards that use these elements in Noodle Tools. A screencast of this review is available below (while not the most concise review, it does cover the main points).

We then took a look at the “Poetry and Language” sheet which will help everyone get into some specific analysis of their poem. This will be helpful next week when we close this unit with some in-class writing analyzing individuals' poems.  To review this sheet, I shared a copy which I had completed for my poem (Poetry and Language exemplar). In looking at this example we covered the following two main points for unfamiliar words and familiar words.

1 - Unfamiliar Words - If there are words that you don't know, look the words up in the dictionary. Then explain what that part of the poem means accounting for your new understanding of the word.

2 - Familiar Words - For words that you do know, look up their meaning in the dictionary to get a sense for how they are different from other similar words (e.g. how is "terrible" different from "bad"). Then discuss how that word relates to the meaning of the poem (why did the author say "terrible" when they could have said "bad"? How does "terrible" affect the meaning of the poem).

Everyone had about fifteen minutes to revise previous responses if necessary or complete the assignment. Further revisions or work on the assignment should be completed for homework if it was not completed in class.

We then took a look at the Poetry Out Loud competition scoring rubric that we will be using to assess students' performances. I went over the rubric with everyone and then we watched a sample Poetry Out Loud performance for the poem "The Song of Powers."

We then created a presentation order on a volunteer basis. I ended up presenting my poem, "To a Mouse". Recitations are being recorded so that I can assess the overall performance in class and then go back and assess the accuracy of the recitation later. This is also helpful if anyone has a question about why they received a particular score. People will be able to recite their poem another time if they wish to improve their score.

We will finish presenting poems on Monday.


Homework:

Be prepared to present your Poetry Out Loud recitation for Monday if you did not present today.

Finish the “Poetry and Language” sheet if you did not do so today in class.

Complete the Summary, Paraphrase, and Quoting Exercise sheet and the Poetry and Language sheet if you did not do so in class.

Continue finding resources for your research paper related to your class project.

Complete work associated with your team's project as necessary.

Complete/revise work as appropriate.